Summary
Services
Debian Edu services for educational institutions
This metapackage depends on several applications providing useful
infrastructure and services in an educational context:
e-learning services, online documentation repository,
web content filter...
The list to the right includes various software projects which are of some interest to the Debian Edu Project. Currently, only a few of them are available as Debian packages. It is our goal, however, to include all software in Debian Edu which can sensibly add to a high quality Debian Pure Blend.
For a better overview of the project's availability as a Debian package, each head row has a color code according to this scheme:
If you discover a project which looks like a good candidate for Debian Edu
to you, or if you have prepared an unofficial Debian package, please do not hesitate to
send a description of that project to the Debian Edu mailing list
Links to other tasks
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Debian Edu Services packages
Official Debian packages with high relevance
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Dansguardian
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| Versions of package dansguardian |
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| Release | Version | Architectures |
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| squeeze | 2.10.1.1-3 | amd64,armel,i386,ia64,kfreebsd-amd64,kfreebsd-i386,mips,mipsel,powerpc,s390,sparc |
| wheezy | 2.10.1.1-5 | amd64,armel,armhf,i386,ia64,kfreebsd-amd64,kfreebsd-i386,mips,mipsel,powerpc,s390,s390x,sparc |
| jessie | 2.10.1.1-5 | amd64,armel,armhf,i386,ia64,kfreebsd-amd64,kfreebsd-i386,mips,mipsel,powerpc,s390,s390x,sparc |
| sid | 2.10.1.1-5 | amd64,armel,armhf,i386,ia64,kfreebsd-amd64,kfreebsd-i386,mips,mipsel,powerpc,s390,s390x,sparc |
| Debtags of package dansguardian: |
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| interface | daemon |
| mail | filters |
| network | server |
| role | program |
| use | proxying |
| web | server |
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License: DFSG free
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DansGuardian filters the content of pages based on many methods
including phrase matching, PICS filtering and URL filtering. It does
not purely filter based on a banned list of sites.
It provides real-time virus scanning capabilities for content access.
DansGuardian is designed to be completely flexible and allows you to tailor
the filtering to your exact needs. It can be as draconian or as
unobstructive as you want. The default settings are geared towards what a
primary school might want but DansGuardian puts you in control of what you
want to block.
DansGuardian requires squid or another similar caching proxy server
on your local network.
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Official Debian packages with lower relevance
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Wims
server for educational content: courses, exercises, and exams
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| Versions of package wims |
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| Release | Version | Architectures |
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| squeeze | 4.00-4+squeeze1 | amd64,armel,i386,ia64,kfreebsd-amd64,kfreebsd-i386,mips,mipsel,powerpc,s390,sparc |
| jessie | 4.04~dfsg2-1 | amd64,armel,armhf,i386,ia64,kfreebsd-amd64,kfreebsd-i386,mips,mipsel,powerpc,s390,s390x,sparc |
| sid | 4.04~dfsg2-2 | amd64,armel,armhf,hurd-i386,i386,ia64,kfreebsd-amd64,kfreebsd-i386,mips,mipsel,powerpc,s390,s390x,sparc |
| upstream | 4.05a |
| Debtags of package wims: |
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| devel | web, editor, buildtools |
| field | physics, mathematics, linguistics, geography, chemistry |
| interface | web, daemon |
| made-of | icons, html |
| network | service, server |
| role | program, documentation |
| use | learning |
| web | scripting, forum, cgi, appserver |
| works-with | text, software:source, software:running, image |
| works-with-format | tex, plaintext, html |
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License: DFSG free
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The WWW Interactive Multipurpose Server is an educational platform
originally developed for mathematics but now also supporting subjects such
as physics, chemistry, biology, and languages.
WIMS features a rich set of resources and exercises either for
autodidactical use or for training classes, including:
- exercises with automatic feedback and correction, allowing the
learners to work at their own pace;
- interactive exercises with randomly assigned data, allowing the
learners to work on the same type of exercise but with different
data and as often as they wish;
- exercises with an automatic scoring system, which enhances learner
motivation;
- user-friendly graphics and calculation tools;
- courses and documents with hyperlinks to the exercise pool;
examples in the courses can be made random, so the student can get
more than one instance of an illustration for tricky concepts;
- support for exams with pre-published contents. As each individual
exam will have randomly chosen data, training is possible but
writing each response in advance is not.
This package contains the WIMS FastCGI server, serving Open Exercise
Format (OEF) documents. OEF is a very high-level language which
allows authors to focus on pedagogical issues.
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